When a 4 cubic ft block of wood floats in a fluid whose weight density is 60 pounds per cubic foot, 3/4 of the block's volume is submerged. The buoyant force on the block is 60 pounds

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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A lightweight object and a very heavy object are sliding with equal speeds along a level frictionless surface. They both slide up the same frictionless hill. Which rises to a greater height?

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A system consisting of a positively-charged particle and an electric field

A. loses potential difference and kinetic energy when the charged particle moves in the direction of the field. B. loses electric potential energy when the charged particle moves in the direction of the field. C. loses kinetic energy when the charged particle moves in the direction of the field. D. gains electric potential energy when the charged particle moves in the direction of the field. E. gains potential difference and electric potential energy when the charged particle moves in the direction of the field.

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When an electron moves from the n = 1 to the n = 3 orbit:

a. the radius doubles and the angular momentum increases by a factor of 9. b. the radius increases by a factor of 9, and the angular momentum triples. c. both the radius and the angular momentum increase by a factor of 9. d. both the radius and the angular momentum triple.

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